Registration can be a pain to get the classes needed, but for most students registration is no problem. Winthrop University's continuous growth in the past four years has prompted for new advances in technology and registration techniques to make the process less of a pain.
Registration begins with a visit to an advisor in a certain departments of study. "Most advisors are very helpful to students but some seem like they don't want to do it", Said Kenny Norris a sophomore business major. "Advising is suppose to be informative and helpful and my advisor is just that if she doesn't know the answer to my question she finds it" said Sarah McLemore a sophomore art history major.
Classes are offered at various times and days of the week the trick is getting classes that work well together and of course every student strives for no Friday classes. With 5,068 undergraduate students and 301 full-time faculty members as of 2008, some classes are often full before younger students can register. Jennifer Smith senior education major said "I feel like there are not enough sections open for certain classes, and that makes students fall behind."
For some students their classes are chosen and assigned prior to registration and some have all four years of classes planned. Jennifer Hobbs sophomore interior design major has her classes planned by her advisor and has almost no problem getting into them. Hobbs said "I have trouble getting into general education classes but asking for an override from my advisor is easy enough."
The pains of registration in previous years seems to be a thing of the past. With the extinction of waiting in long lines, except outside a dean's door asking for an override, and the easy access to adding or dropping classes online makes registering relatively painless.
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